Xuyen Moc   5/10/2007

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Mai Spencer, precious in our Savior, Jesus Christ.

On behalf of the church of Xuyen Moc and Binh Chau, I say hello to you and your precious family and the whole body of Christ in the church in Tucson (CFC). Thank you so much for remembering us in your prayers, interceding for us, and sharing in the good work of the Lord of all six churches in Huyen Xuyen Moc province, including the church in Binh Chau.

We rejoice because the churches have been very fruitful despite many difficulties to overcome. We are so blessed. We ask that you all continue to pray for us that the Lord will help us to overcome the difficulties still before us in doing the Lord’s work here. Please pray for the following:

• That God will bless us to lead 200 souls into His kingdom in 2007.
• That the government will recognize the church in Binh Chau and the church in Tan Lam.
• That the transfer of the deed to the land in Binh Chau would be approved by the government.
• That God would open the doors for us to preach the Good News in two new towns, Bung Rieng Nhu Lam and Bong Trang. The population of these two towns is 14,000 with no Christian church there.
•  That the organization and the funding of the summer Bible schools will go well. The youths will go to the central mountain city of Dalat and the young children will come to the Mother church in Xuyen Moc (Ba To). We are expecting 115 children to attend in Xuyen Moc. The financial cost will be 12 million Vietnamese ($800 US Dollars).
• That the ceremony organized by the Evangelical Church of the South to have the government officially ordain Pastor Quy (after 14 years of applying) and recognize 5 of 6 churches (Binh Chau being the only exception) be scheduled soon. ****In a phone conversation with Pastor Quy after this letter was received, this event is scheduled for June 29, 2007. Pastor Quy invited us to the ceremony, but we are unable to attend. ****
• That the church in Binh Chau would be able to purchase the remaining land next to the church (approximate cost $35,000 US Dollars) to develop as a conference center for all Christian churches in that region of Vietnam. This land could provide a future home for a school for children in the area to learn God’s way to be able to serve in God’s Kingdom, a mercy ministry to meet the needs of many poor people and to open the door for evangelism, to teach and train the young leaders of the future churches in God’s Word, and many more uses for God’s work.
• That the Mother church in Ba To would be able to purchase an additional 5 meters of land next to the church to extend the church to have room for growth and fellowship. The church is now very small. The sanctuary is only 6 meters wide by 14 meters long with the entrance into the church only 2 meters wide and 32 meters long. The church building is old, and when it rains, it is damp and the air is polluted. It is very hot and many of us get sick.

On behalf of the church, I wish to invite Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, and the lady friend of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis (Kathryn Farris),  Pastor Matt and his wife, and any of the brothers and sisters who have supported us and have a heart for the Lord’s work to come to our church. Please come and share God’s Word with us and especially train the ones to go out and witness to non-believers. Train us to be on fire to be good disciples for Jesus.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, when I find out the date for the ordination I will let you, your pastors, and your church in Tucson know.

I am sending this letter to you by way of an American pastor who has been in Vietnam teaching and is now returning home. I write this letter so you can pray for us and know of the Work of the Lord here. Thank you for your love for us. I should end this letter now.

Xuyen Moc District

Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province. November 30, 2005.

Dear Pastor, Pastoral staff, Ministries staff, and all of the Lord’s children in Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona.

First of all, on behalf of God Church in Xuyen Moc district, we’d like to send to you and your families our warm regard. May God bless on you and your Ministries.

Last days, we were very happy, because you were interested in praying for our church. Especially you supported for building Binh Chau church house, our branch church as well as sending Mrs. Spencer to come here to preach good news to Binh Chau area and other places. Thank God for her mission. She took a lot of people in this place to the Lord.

We’d like to tell you some more about Binh Chau church. In the past, this church had a lot of people who believed in God and they often gathered to worship God in a Christian’s house. But because of their hard life, they didn’t gather to worship God regularly. Gradually, they lost their faith. Our mother church frequently sent the worker of the Church there to visit and looked after them. But they didn’t still return to worship God. We think Mrs. Mai Spencer is the Christian who is full of God grace. She came there and used the Lord’s words to help them and they become stronger and eager now. Mai kha’s house where the church gathered to worship God is crowded now. We need another place. Maybe through some photos taken, you can understand some more about this place.

When we are writing this letter to you, Binh Chau church house is being built. We think when you come to visit us next year, it will perhaps have already being built. But there is one thing make us anxious, that is the church in Binh Chau is growing and spreading thanks to Mrs. Mai’s witness and these new Christians haven’t grown up yet in the faith. We really need Mrs. Mai in order to visit and look after them. We expect that you will send her to return here soon.

We would like to tell you some more information about our church so that you know it will and pray for. It was set up in 1990. The mother church is in the center of Xuen Moc district, Ba Ria, Vung Tau province, South Vietnam. Total Christians are about 550. We have four branches (or sister churches). They are Binh Chau, Hoa Hiep, and Bao Lam churches. They are names of the villages of Xuyen Moc district and every place is about 20 kilometers far from mother church. Two of those three church houses was built or is being built. But Hoa Hiep church house was only built temporarily with light material. It is now decayed and waiting for rebuilding (we have some photos of this church taken by Mrs. Mai).

In addition, we are planning to set up a new branch church at Hoa Hoi village that is about twelve kilometers far from the mother church. There are about eighty Christians here. So we will have one mother church and four sister churches around. However, we still have some difficulties because of local government. This will be told clearlier by Mrs. Mai. We wish you will help us with pray and support. To rebuild the church house that was decayed so that the lord’s children here will have a better place to gather for worshipping God.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Spencer and family, in the name of our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

I hope the Lord has given your family peace and joy. We heard about Hurricane Katrina and were worried about you. We called Hiep to ask if your family was safe from Katrina.
Will you please give my regards to your pastors and the church? We thank God with all our hearts for knowing both of you and your church are praying and encouraging us to serve the Lord in my country.

In August the 8th month, God blessed us with a total of 12 people coming to know the Lord. We had 4 nights of evangelism meetings. The brothers and sisters in Binh Chau rented a van for transportation to drive some of their friends and family to my church so we could share the Gospel with them. This month in Binh Chau we had a woman named Phung accept the Lord. Her husband, Mr. Kim, is Korean. We just baptized 9 people on Sunday, September 11th.

We ask that you and your church pray for the people here as many of their hearts are hard. In the field of Binh Chau, we need a harvester to send out, but we have not found one yet. We have few people who are able to teach the people to make them strong and grow in the Lord. On behalf of the Church, I would like to invite you and your wife to come back to work with our church and the church in Binh Chau.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Spencer and your church, we really hope to have a room in our church in Ba To to welcome guests from far away places and make it convenient to serve the Lord here. So when we invite guests to come to my church in Ba To, they will have a place for teaching and resting. You and your husband came to visit us, but we can not ask you to stay because we have no room. We would like to build a room at the door to our house 4 meters long and 3 meters wide and 4.5 meters high; a total of 12 square meters. The cost would be 5,000,000 Vietnamese or over 300 US dollars. We ask you and your church to pray for us.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Mai Spencer, in the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ:

In the past I have e-mailed you, but I have not received your answer yet. I wanted to know if you got home okay. I called your sister, Hiep, to ask her how you are all doing.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Spencer and the servants of the Lord in His church, in the name of Jesus Christ, we thank the Lord.
Since the beginning of this year 2005 until now, the Lord has been with our church and has filled us with much joy and peace. How are both of you doing? Well, I hope. How about your church? I hope everything is well and joyful.